TLCD-Science - Keeping a Lab Notebook

Keeping a Lab or Engineering Notebook

Write only in pen!!
The table of contents should be the first 4 pages of your notebook.
Only use the front of a page. Cross the back off and sign it.
Place the date in the upper left corner of every page (except the table of contents, references, and contacts)!
Place the page number in the upper right corner.
Each page should start with a descriptive title that should be underlined.
Each time you start a new topic, draw a line across the page and add a new underlined title.
Sign the bottom of every page.
If you do not fill a page, draw a diagonal line through the empty space and sign it.
Start a new page for each new day.
Take pictures of you and your partners working constantly, and put them in your notebook.
When you place a picture n your notebook, sign and date it starting on the picture and ending on the notebook page.
References and Contacts should be the last 8 pages of your notebook (4 pages each).
You should have an entry in your notebook for everyday!